Aeration is an excellent way to help your lawn in Tennessee absorb essential nutrients, water, air, and sunlight with ease! Core aeration and liquid aeration both loosen the soil to make it easier for nutrients and resources to reach the roots of your grass. However, there are a few differences. Core aeration involves mechanically removing plugs of soil from your lawn. Liquid aeration involves applying a liquid across your lawn that then creates tiny pores in the soil. Both processes offer great benefits, but core aeration is more beneficial for heavily compacted soil and will yield results quicker. To ensure your lawn is aerated at the right times, using the best method, always hire professionals!

What's the difference between core aeration and liquid aeration?

Aeration is beneficial to your lawn because it loosens up the soil and promotes better airflow to encourage your lawn to absorb nutrients and other essential resources more easily, promoting strong, healthy turf. There are two types of aeration, however: core and liquid. Both of these methods will help the roots of your grass access the nutrients and resources they need to thrive, but the process for each method is different. Core aeration involves using an aerator to mechanically pull up plugs of soil, which are about 2-3 inches, helping to loosen soil that's heavily compacted. Liquid aeration involves applying a liquid treatment across your lawn that creates tiny pores in the soil.

Which one is better: liquid aeration or core aeration?

Soil plugs on a lawn in Memphis, TN, after core aeration.

Before aerating your lawn, you'll need to decide between liquid and core aeration. Both methods are beneficial to your lawn, so it's best to consider a few differences before making a decision. Although both types of aeration offer great benefits, core aeration is great for lawns with heavily compacted soil. While liquid aeration can work, it's not as effective on heavily compacted soil. It's also important to note that core aeration will provide results quicker due to actual plugs of soil being removed, leaving small tunnels for nutrients, seeds, and essential resources to enter! With liquid aeration, the process is slower and the results take longer. Overall, core aeration tends to be the better option.

Always hire professionals to aerate your lawn.

When it comes to aerating your lawn, this is a task that is best left to professionals. That's because they will know the best times to aerate your lawn depending on the type of grass and will use professional equipment to do so. If you aerate your lawn at the wrong time, it can stress your lawn and end up doing more harm than good. They will also make sure your lawn is aerated correctly and will pass over your lawn multiple times ensuring the best outcome possible. So, don't risk DIY aeration which could end in less than stellar results, and contact professionals to have your lawn aerated.

Professionals commonly pair core aeration with overseeding to promote a full, green lawn!

Give us a call today to schedule our core aeration service.

At Picture Perfect Landscapes, we offer our core aeration service to loosen soil compaction and make it easier for nutrients and other resources to reach the roots of your grass. If your lawn is comprised of warm-season grass, our core aeration service is available in May and June. If your lawn is comprised of cool-season grass, this service is available in September and October. If you have a cool-season lawn, we can also pair overseeding with our aeration service to increase the density of your turf and fill in any patchy areas with new grass!

We offer this service to residential and commercial properties, as well as HOAs, in and around the Memphis, TN, area including Midtown Memphis, East Memphis, and Germantown. Give us a call today at (901) 246-7656 to sign up.